Infrastructure Matters: IBM Event

IT infrastructure is crucial – yet only a few organisations believe they are fully prepared for future demands. Now more than ever, Infrastructure Matters – and IBM has an event in London to explore this.

More than 70 percent of organisations say that IT infrastructure plays an important role in enabling their competitive advantage. Despite this, less than ten percent report that their infrastructure is prepared for the demands of mobile users, social media, big data and cloud computing, according to an IBM survey of 750 IT executives from 18 countries.

On 10 September in London, experts from IBM’s storage, cloud and Watson divisions will discuss how to address the main challenges your infrastructure is facing. It’s a day which will cover cloud, analytics and mobile – and takes place at Prince Philip House, in Central London.

The change in your infrastructure

While infrastructure has always been important, the conversation is changing, according to the IBM research report. It’s not just about the hardware now; it’s all about the data. That shift is demanding a fundamental rethink of just what is needed in an IT backbone for a successful organisation.

At the same time, customer expectations are changing. People demand reliable, accessible cloud-based services, whether they are inside or outside your organisation.

That adds up to a requirement to deliver services in new ways, using hardware which has been packaged and built using different methods.

There’s a new set of rules; if an IT department grasps them and follows them, it can be a core part of a successful organisation, helping transformation within and outside the company.

You can register here